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Laura Alvarez

Contact

E-mail
laura.alvarez@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 785 25 25

Works at

Affiliation
Staff scientist at Department of Molecular Biology Section: Research group Felipe Cava
Location
6K och 6L, Sjukhusområdet Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
LD-transpeptidation is crucial for fitness and polar growth in Agrobacterium tumefaciens
PLOS Genetics, Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024, Vol. 20, (10)
Aliashkevich, Alena; Guest, Thomas; Alvarez, Laura; et al.
Control of bacterial cell wall autolysins by peptidoglycan crosslinking mode
Nature Communications, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 15, (1)
Alvarez, Laura; Hernandez, Sara B.; Torrens, Gabriel; et al.
A distinctive family of L,D-transpeptidases catalyzing L-Ala-mDAP crosslinks in Alpha- and Betaproteobacteria
Nature Communications, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 15, (1)
Espaillat, Akbar; Alvarez, Laura; Torrens, Gabriel; et al.
EstG is a novel esterase required for cell envelope integrity in Caulobacter
Current Biology, Cell Press 2023, Vol. 33, (2) : 228-240.e7
Daitch, Allison K.; Orsburn, Benjamin C.; Chen, Zan; et al.
D-amino acids signal a stress-dependent run-away response in Vibrio cholerae
Nature Microbiology, Springer Nature 2023, Vol. 8, (8) : 1549-1560
Irazoki, Oihane; ter Beek, Josy; Alvarez, Laura; et al.
Hydroxyl Radical Overproduction in the Envelope: An Achilles' Heel in Peptidoglycan Synthesis
Microbiology Spectrum, American Society for Microbiology 2022, Vol. 10, (1)
Giacomucci, Sean; Alvarez, Laura; Rodrigues, Christopher D.A.; et al.
Lytic transglycosylases mitigate periplasmic crowding by degrading soluble cell wall turnover products
eLIFE, eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2022, Vol. 11
Weaver, Anna; Alvarez, Laura; Rosch, Kelly; et al.
Cell Wall Biology of Vibrio cholerae
Annual Review of Microbiology, ANNUAL REVIEWS 2021, Vol. 75 : 151-174
Alvarez, Laura; Hernandez, Sara B.; Cava, Felipe
BipA exerts temperature-dependent translational control of biofilm-associated colony morphology in Vibrio cholerae
eLIFE, eLife Sciences Publications Ltd. 2021, Vol. 10
del Peso Santos, Teresa; Alvarez, Laura; Sit, Brandon; et al.
Class a penicillin-binding protein-mediated cell wall synthesis promotes structural integrity during peptidoglycan endopeptidase insufficiency in vibrio cholerae
mBio, American Society for Microbiology 2021, Vol. 12, (2)
Murphy, Shannon G.; Murtha, Andrew N.; Zhao, Ziyi; et al.
Pbp4 is likely involved in cell division of the longitudinally dividing bacterium candidatus thiosymbion oneisti
Antibiotics, MDPI 2021, Vol. 10, (3) : 1-17
Wang, Jinglan; Alvarez, Laura; Bulgheresi, Silvia; et al.
Analysis of Gram-negative Bacteria Peptidoglycan by Ultra-performance Liquid Chromatography
Bio-protocol, Bio-protocol 2020, Vol. 10, (19)
Alvarez, Laura; Cordier, Baptiste; van Teeffelen, Sven; et al.
Impaired Alanine Transport or Exposure to D-Cycloserine Increases the Susceptibility of MRSA to beta-lactam Antibiotics
Journal of Infectious Diseases, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC 2020, Vol. 221, (6) : 1006-1016
Gallagher, Laura A.; Shears, Rebecca K.; Fingleton, Claire; et al.
Structural basis of peptidoglycan endopeptidase regulation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, National Academy of Sciences 2020, Vol. 117, (21) : 11692-11702
Shin, Jung-Ho; Sulpizio, Alan G.; Kelley, Aaron; et al.
Class-A penicillin binding proteins do not contribute to cell shape but repair cell-wall defects
eLIFE, eLife Sciences Publications 2020, Vol. 9
Vigouroux, Antoine; Cordier, Baptiste; Aristov, Andrey; et al.
The conserved transcriptional regulator CdnL is required for metabolic homeostasis and morphogenesis in Caulobacter
PLOS Genetics, Public Library of Science (PLOS) 2020, Vol. 16, (1)
Woldemeskel, Selamawit Abi; Daitch, Allison K.; Alvarez, Laura; et al.
A new family of nitrate/nitrite transporters involved in denitrification
International Microbiology, Springer-Verlag New York 2019, Vol. 22, (1) : 19-28
Alvarez, Laura; Sanchez-Hevia, Dione; Sanchez, Mercedes; et al.
Fluorogenic D-amino acids enable real-time monitoring of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and high-throughput transpeptidation assays
Nature Chemistry, Nature Publishing Group 2019, Vol. 11, (4) : 335-341
Hsu, Yen-Pang; Hall, Edward; Booher, Garrett; et al.
Mechanisms of Incorporation for D-Amino Acid Probes That Target Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis
ACS Chemical Biology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2019, Vol. 14, (12) : 2745-2756
Kuru, Erkin; Radkov, Atanas; Meng, Xin; et al.
Endopeptidase Regulation as a Novel Function of the Zur-Dependent Zinc Starvation Response
mBio, American Society for Microbiology 2019, Vol. 10, (1)
Murphy, Shannon G.; Alvarez, Laura; Adams, Myfanwy C.; et al.
New Insights Into the Mechanisms and Biological Roles of D-Amino Acids in Complex Eco-Systems
Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers Media S.A. 2018, Vol. 9
Aliashkevich, Alena; Alvarez, Laura; Cava, Felipe
Bacterial secretion of D-arginine controls environmental microbial biodiversity
The ISME Journal, Nature Publishing Group 2018, Vol. 12, (2) : 438-450
Alvarez, Laura; Aliashkevich, Alena; de Pedro, Miguel A.; et al.
Bacterial Competition Assay Based on Extracellular D-amino Acid Production
Bio-protocol, BIO-PROTOCOL 2018, Vol. 8, (7)
Alvarez, Laura; Cava, Felipe
The role of conserved proteins DrpA and DrpB in nitrate respiration of Thermus thermophilus
Environmental Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 20, (10) : 3851-3861
Chahlafi, Zahra; Alvarez, Laura; Cava, Felipe; et al.
The chaperone activities of dsbg and spy restore peptidoglycan biosynthesis in the elyC mutant by preventing envelope protein aggregation
Journal of Bacteriology, American Society for Microbiology 2018, Vol. 200, (19)
Kouidmi, Imène; Alvarez, Laura; Collet, Jean François; et al.
Hierarchical control of nitrite respiration by transcription factors encoded within mobile gene clusters of Thermus thermophilus
Genes, MDPI 2017, Vol. 8, (12)
Alvarez, Laura; Quintáns, Nieves G.; Blesa, Alba; et al.
rstB Regulates Expression of the Photobacterium damselae subsp damselae Major Virulence Factors Damselysin, Phobalysin P and Phobalysin C
Frontiers in Microbiology, FRONTIERS MEDIA SA 2017, Vol. 8
Terceti, Mateus S.; Rivas, Amable J.; Alvarez, Laura; et al.
Ultra-sensitive, high-resolution liquid chromatography methods for the high-throughput quantitative analysis of bacterial cell wall chemistry and structure
Bacterial cell wall homeostasis: methods and protocols /edited by Hee-Jeon Hong, New York: Humana Press 2016 : 11-27
Alvarez, Laura; Hernandez, Sara B; de Pedro, Miguel A; et al.
A cell wall damage response mediated by a sensor kinase/response regulator pair enables beta-lactam tolerance
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 113, (2) : 404-409
Dörr, Tobias; Alvarez, Laura; Delgado, Fernanda; et al.
A D, D-carboxypeptidase is required for Vibrio cholerae halotolerance
Environmental Microbiology, Wiley-Blackwell 2015, Vol. 17, (2) : 527-540
Möll, Andrea; Dörr, Tobias; Alvarez, Laura; et al.
Peptidoglycan Remodeling by the Coordinated Action of Multispecific Enzymes
Microbial Drug Resistance, Vol. 20, (3) : 190-198
Alvarez, Laura; Espaillat, Akbar; Hermoso, Juan A.; et al.
A novel peptidoglycan binding protein crucial for PBP1A-mediated cell wall biogenesis in Vibrio cholerae
PLOS Genetics, Public library science 2014, Vol. 10, (6) : e1004433-
Dörr, Tobias; Lam, Hubert; Alvarez, Laura; et al.
Structural basis for the broad specificity of a new family of amino-acid racemases
Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, Wiley-Blackwell 2014, Vol. 70 : 79-90
Espaillat, Akbar; Carrasco-Lopez, Cesar; Bernardo-Garcia, Noelia; et al.
Cell Separation in Vibrio cholerae Is Mediated by a Single Amidase Whose Action Is Modulated by Two Nonredundant Activators
Journal of Bacteriology, American Society for Microbiology 2014, Vol. 196, (22) : 3937-3948
Moell, Andrea; Doerr, Tobias; Alvarez, Laura; et al.
Genome-wide peptidoglycan profiling of Vibrio cholerae
Hernandez, Sara B.; Alvarez, Laura; Ritzl-Rinkenberger, Barbara; et al.
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Research groups

Group member
Felipe Cava lab